Numbered Discourses 10.137 14. Good Beneficial (AN10.137)

1.1

“Atthañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi anatthañca.

“I will teach you the beneficial and the harmful. …

1.2

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

1.3

katamo ca, bhikkhave, anattho?

And what is the harmful?

1.4

Micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāvimutti—

Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.

1.5

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anattho.

This is called the harmful.

1.6

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, attho?

And what is the beneficial?

1.7

Sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāvimutti—

Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.

1.8

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, attho”ti.

This is called the beneficial.”

1.9

Catutthaṁ.